App-ID for Apple iOS Update

Hi All,

I'm preparing for tomorrow's iOS8 update. Last year with iOS7, we got slammed on bandwidth. This year now that we have the Palo Alto, I'm configuring QoS so that the iOS update doesn't eat all of our bandwidth.

Does anyone know what App-ID the iOS update service falls under? There is an apple-update app-id, but it appears to be only for computers running MacOS. Do I just set a blanket policy covering all Apple traffic just to be safe?

Re: App-ID for Apple iOS Update

Thanks Hardik,

It appears that this is true, as the Apple iOS updates come down via swcdn.apple.com, which is getting flagged as apple-update. I've not been able to verify if these are Macs or iPads in the logs, but the domain name is the same for updates on both.